here we go

facts

Yeah not every story needs to be the same "im so strategic, strong and capable woman who stands out from the crowd". I love those I do, but like variety is the spice of life you know? I don't want the same tropes over and over all the time.

It's nice to have different characterization for a FL. Like just because a woman is soft/shy doesn't mean she's poorly written or has no useful skills. Honestly, it's a bit weird sometimes how often it's demanded of female lead characters to not be "weak" or else they're considered "bad".

agreed, however i know some of them are like what the hell this is just dumb and i cant read this its too cringey. i think people are too harsh on these types of tropes.

Yeah I mean sometimes the stories are just poorly written all around. But I've seen comments on comics where the girl isn't girlbossing and they're like "she's weak and a pushover! Bad story!! She sucks!"
And I go into it anyway and it's like.... Just a normal character?? Or like... If she is a pushover it's like "um yeah.... That's kind of the point?? She's supposed to be a bit of a pushover??"
Like in this, the FL in this story is timid because her mom made her hide herself away and feel insignificant. And she is attached to the ML because he had taken care of her and she didn't want to marry him because she feels like he's always seen her as just a kid. She's not unaware that he's not a "good person" either, like she outright says he's not, but she wants to help him anyway because he's been there for her. She's smart, but self sacrificing.
Like she has a backstory that thoroughly makes it clear why she is the way she is and how she responds to certain things.

Hell sometimes I feel like they don't make FL's more timid depending on their circumstances. Like when they are timid and a pushover in their first life, die, and then come back a fully formed girlboss, who is effective at threatening people immediately as a young child/teen. Like that feels like an unrealistic and sudden change of heart